Course detail
German for Specific Purposes I
FSI-N7Acad. year: 2019/2020
The course is focused on characteristic features of professional communication. It provides students with the relevant specialised language structures and professional communication skills they will need in the workplace.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and completed all tasks, as well as fulfilled the requirements of continuous control.
The examination at level B2 CEFR consists of a written and an oral part. The written part tests global and detailed listening and reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary of the general language and of German for Specific Purposes.
The oral part is a dialogue on the current topics of conversation.
Course curriculum
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Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
BECKER, Norbert, BRAUNERT, Jörg. Alltag, Beruf & Co. 6. Ismaning: Hueber Verlag, c2011. Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Hueber Verlag). ISBN 978-3196015904 (DE)
BECKER, Norbert, Jörg BRAUNERT a Karl-Heinz EISFELD. Dialog Beruf 2: Deutsch als Fremdsprache für die Grundstufe. Ismaning: Max Hueber, c1997-. ISBN 3-19-001591-0. (DE)
BRAUNERT, Jörg a Wolfram SCHLENKER. Unternehmen Deutsch: Aufbaukurs Lehrbuch. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Sprachen, 2005. ISBN 978-3-12-675745-4 (DE)
Mit Deutsch in Europa studieren - arbeiten - leben: Studienbegleitender Deutschunterricht B2/C1. Redaktor Dorothea LÉVY-HILLERICH, redaktor Renata KRAJEWSKA-MARKIEWICZ. Plzeň: Fraus, 2004. ISBN 80-7238-359-0 (DE)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme M2V-P Master's
branch M-VSY , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme B-VTE-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
- Programme MO1-P Master's
branch M-OBN , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)
- Programme BO1-P Bachelor's
branch B-OBN , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective (voluntary)
Type of course unit
Language exercise
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Syllabus
2. Establishment of contact over the phone
3. University studies
4. CV
5. Business letters and e-mails
6. Application, covering letter
7. Professional communication
8. ICT
9. Business travel tips I – Travelling on business
10. Business travel tips II - Orientation (town, company)
11. Business travel tips III - Accommodation, business dinner
12. Business travel tips IV - System of payments and insurance
13. Credit test